Fastening-inserting machine



Dec. 20, 1927. G. GQDDU FASTENING INSER'I'ING MACHINE Filed Nov 15, 1924 .93

Patented n e. 2a, 1927,

GEORGE GODIDU, OF XVINGHESTER,

MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF EATERSON, NEW

new Jnn-snY.

' ras'rnnme-insnnrine Y MACHINE.

Application n e November is, 1924'. seriaino. 750,200.

This invention relates to the manufacture of shoes and particularly to means for con-- trolling and guiding a strip of material during the performance of an operation thereon.

I In the manufacture of shoes it is fre, quently necessary other shoe part or parts, and itis a-nobject of the present invention to provide improved means. for guiding and controlling such a strip ofmaterial as it is fed toand past the fastening-inserting instrumentalities. this object in view, a feature of the inven-- tion consists .of a novel gage member located adjacent to the operating instrumentalities of themachlne, arranged to engage an edge of a strip of material to guide the strip of movement of the strip away from the first. v

' [With the above and other objects and features in view the invention will'n'ow be de.

scribed with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, r Y 1 is a perspective view'of a poltion of a fastening-inserting machin'ewprovi-ded with thepresent invention? I p Fig. 2 is another perspective taken from a different viewpoint; and

with strip-positioning means in accordance Fig. 3' is a side elevation of portions ofthe samedevice with certain parts of the machine and of the work in cross-section; I

The inventionis'disclosed herein as embodied in a nail-inserting machine of the type disclosed infUnited States Letters Pat,- ent No. 490,624, granted January 24, 1898 on an application of Louis Goddu', although the invention is not limited to use in a machine of this type. I c a Such a machine'is provided with an awl 1O operated to penetrate and feed the work, a driver 12 which inserts nails inthe openings formed in the work by the awl 10,-and an abutment 14 often'spoken of as atguard to attach a strip of mate rial, for example randing or weltlng, to ana In the herein disand in accordance witha second plate cap against which the is forcedduring-theinsertion of the nailsby a-work inassacnnsnrrs; Assienon 'ro nnrrnn'snon, v

JensencoRPoR-Amonon V I support comprising a horn 16 and suitable: I

operating instrumentalities therefor Machines of the'character disclosed in said,

United States'Letters Patent No. 490,624 are commonly usedfor inserting a series of nails about the periphery-of shoe parts to secure such partspermanently" together Such-a machine is often provided. with a gageagainst whlch the shoe upper,- whether 0011a,

teig shankor forepart, mayjbepositioned as? theffastenings are inserted; This gage often, and as herein illustrated, comprises-a roll, shown at- .18, .ad ustably carriedby a slide for carriag' 20' (Fig, 2) As illustrated, carriage 20 maybe moved toward andlfromthe line of drive ofthe driver' l2 by means of:

rack and pinion mechanism providedifor.

with a rack bar 22 meshing with a pinion 24Icarried by a shaft26 suitably jo'urnaled in bearings formed in or carried by guard piate cap 14 or other suitable part of the ma vchine. Conveniently a handle'28 isformed as an; extension of shaft 26-,nrotation f0f which will move gagelroll 18 v towjardf and from the lineof drive.

7 Any suitable means ay be used to guide lustrated as removably clamped 'to 13116101? ward end of a' lever. 30 fulcrumed at 32 to carriage 20-, 'a rearward extension of lever 30 vbeing"formedwitlna slot 34., A scr'ew 36 carried by carriage 20 passes throughslot 34 that purposer Thus carriage, 20 is provided and is provided at its lower end withanad justingnut38. A pair of springs 40-, 42surround SCT6W536'311d'l36211 against-washers contacting with opposite faces oflever 3O adj acentto slot 34.; Thus roll "18 is yieldinglyheld against undesired vertical movement' but may .be adjusted z vertically by movement of'nut 38. j p -The illustrated strip-controllii'ig and-post instrumentalities, of the; machine; Thusa gage member 48 is adjustably secured to the side of guard plate cap v14by a screw-52 tionin-g mechanism which will now be descr1bed,-1s arranged "to cooperate iwlththe "gage roll 18 and with the fastenlngnserting passing through a slot 53 formed therein. This gage member is provided with a slot 54 having a closed end 56and an open end 58.

Cooperating therewith and arranged in effect to vary theposition of the closed end of the'slot is a gage member. 60 formed with a slot 62 through which passes a-screw thus securing member in adjusted position relatively to member 48. The strip of maiteria1,'illustrated as randing, which is to be fastened in place passes through slot 54, the position of gage member 60 depending upon 7 the width of-the strip of material and the desired distance from its edge at which the fastenings are to be inserted' Similarly gage roll 18 may be adjusted to determine thedistance at which the fastening shallbe inserted from the edge of the work piece to which the strip is to be attached.

In attaching a strip of randing or welting to a shoe part having a conveXly curved edge, Whether a sole or a heel, it is ordinarily necessary to bend the randing or welting as it is applied. vTo facilitate this, there is pro- T vided a gage member engaglng an edgeof the strip onthe inside of the curve about which the strip is bent. 7 Thus the illustrated construction includesabutton gage" in front of the fastening-inserting. instrumentalities having a thin periphery but a thicker center, the periphery being arranged to underlie the. edge of the strip of material and support thesame adjacentto the fastening-inserting instrumentalities while the curved surface of the thickened center is engaged by the edge of the strip thus coopcrating With'the closed end of the slot 54 to position the strip as it is fed through'the machine." In order to facilitate theadjustment of button gage 7 0, the'latt'er is clamped'to an arm 74 provided with a threaded stem 76 re ceived in a threaded aperture formed in a 7 lug 78 carried at'the end of a stem 80. Stem 80 projects from a block 82slidably mounted in ways 84 carried by an arm 86 projecting from guard plate cap 14. A screw 88 projecting through a slot in arm 86 -is utilized to clamp block 82 in adjusted position lengthwise ofarm 86 so as to permit the adjustment of button gage 70 toward and from the fastening-inserting 'instrumentalities.

, By rotating arm 74 the button gage 70niay be adjusted both transverselyof the line of feed of the workand vertically. The amount of verticalmovement corresponding to the transverse adjustment which is ever necessary is so small as to be negligible. 3 On the other hand, by rotating arm 74 through one I or more complete revolutions any necessary v60 amount of vertical adjustment can readily be obtained. As illustrated, lug 78 is split at 90 and a screw 92 is provided to clamp stem 76 and arm 74 in-adjusted position. I

' While the operation of the device will probably be apparent from the foregoing description, it may be remarked that as the machine operates awl 1O feeds the work, both thestrip and the shoe or shoe part to which it is being attached, through the machine.v

Thus the awl moves downwardly, pierces the work, moves forwardly and is withdrawn. Then" the driver comes down and. inserts a fastening in the hole formed by the awl. Slot 54 guides the strip to the awl and driver in the first instance, button gage 70 also assisting in the positioning of the strip and forming a curved abutment about which the a strip may be bent as the operator swings the work while operating about a curved edge such as the rear portionof a heel or the toe of a shoe. Thus one edge of thestripis'eir' gaged by the closed end of the slot 54 and. the other edge of thestrip, passing through the open end o'fthe slot, is engaged by but ton gage 70. V i

While theinvention is illustrated herein as used in connection with the-nailing of a continuous strip of randing, it should be understood that it is also applicable to the attachment of individual rands Whether molded or otherwise, as well as other strip material such as Weltingor the like.

I-Iavingdescribed the invention, what I 7 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is V 1 1. Means for controlling a strip of material during the performance of anoperation thereon comprising a guidemember formed with a'slot through which the strip of mate rial passes and a button gage arranged to ion engage an edge of the strip of, material afterits passage through said slot.-

2; Means for-controlling a strip of mate i rial during the insertion of fastenings therein comprising a guide member formed with anopen-ended slot through which the strip of material passes and a separate gage] member arranged to engage and to underlie the edge of the strip ofmaterial which passes through the open end of the slot and cooperating with the slotted 'member' to material and having a surface engaging the other edgeof the strip of material to position the material for the operation thereon. I

4. A fastening-inserting machlne havlng performance of an a work support,i fastening-inserting instruinentalities, a arranged to position a shoe in which fastenmgs are to be nserted, a guide member provided with a, slot and arranged to guide a strip of randing to the 'ing may be bent as it is fastened to the shoe.

5. A machine for inserting tastenings in shoes having fastening-inserting instrumentalities means for guiding a strip of randing to said instrumentalities, and a gage member adjacent to said instrumentalities having a curved surface forming anabutment about which the randing may be bent as it is attached to the shoe..

6. Means for controlling a strip of material during the in comprising guide member formed with a slot having an open end and a closed end and a button gage located beyond the open end of the slot and arranged to engage the edge;

insertion of fastenings there- 7 of a strip ofmaterial which passes through the open end of the slot.

7. A machine for inserting fastenings in shoes having fastening-inserting instrumene talities and a gage member forward of said instrumentalities having a curved surface about which a. strip of material'may be progressively bent as it is attached by said instrumentalities to a Work piece.

8. A.machine for-inserting fasten ngs in shoes having fastening-inserting instrumenattached by said instrumentalities to avvork piece. a a

name to this specification.

In testimony whereof I have signed my talities and a button gage forward of'said GEORGE GODYDU; j 

